A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up, five Syrian opposition sources and a regional source familiar with the matter said.

Exclusive: Russian hiring of Syrians to fight in Libya accelerated in May
A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up, five Syrian opposition sources and a regional source familiar with the matter said.

Nobody should be attacked for their political views, Charlie Chase says. But according to authorities, that’s exactly what happened last week to the 82-year-old U.S. military veteran and supporter of President Trump.

Massachusetts Trump supporter, 82, ‘violently assaulted’ by motorist, 27, police say
Nobody should be attacked for their political views, Charlie Chase says. But according to authorities, that’s exactly what happened last week to the 82-year-old U.S. military veteran and supporter of President Trump.

The top editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer has stepped down from his role after the newspaper published an article with the headline "Buildings Matter, Too," last week, according to an internal memo sent to newsroom staff and obtained by CNN.

The executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer has stepped down after publishing 'Buildings Matter, Too' headline
The top editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer has stepped down from his role after the newspaper published an article with the headline "Buildings Matter, Too," last week, according to an internal memo sent to newsroom staff and obtained by CNN.

Conor McGregor claims he's retiring from fighting (again)
In post on his verified Twitter account, Conor McGregor wrote shortly after the completion of UFC 250 that he has "decided to retire from fighting."

LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes became the first UFC fighter to defend a championship belt while holding titles in two weight classes Saturday night, earning a dominant unanimous decision over featherweight contender Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt also knocked out Raphael Assunção an instant before the second-round bell in the...

Amanda Nunes makes history in dominant UFC title defense
LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes became the first UFC fighter to defend a championship belt while holding titles in two weight classes Saturday night, earning a dominant unanimous decision over featherweight contender Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt also knocked out Raphael Assunção an instant before the second-round bell in the...

A woman was shot and another stabbed during an apparent domestic dispute in Harlem Saturday night, police said. A 44-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds to her left arm and back, while a 22-year-old woman was stabbed in her back at an apartment near 129th Street and Convent Avenue around 10:30 p.m. The two victims knew...

Woman shot; another stabbed in apparent domestic dispute in Harlem
A woman was shot and another stabbed during an apparent domestic dispute in Harlem Saturday night, police said. A 44-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds to her left arm and back, while a 22-year-old woman was stabbed in her back at an apartment near 129th Street and Convent Avenue around 10:30 p.m. The two victims knew...

Police sure wanted to “axe” him about his sign. A protester was arrested in Manhattan Saturday for marching with an axe taped to his sign calling for justice in the police killing of George Floyd. The axe served as a handle and was duct-taped to the sign, which read, “Boomers asked 4 justice, millennials demand...

Protester caught with axe taped to sign Saturday arrested in Manhattan
Police sure wanted to “axe” him about his sign. A protester was arrested in Manhattan Saturday for marching with an axe taped to his sign calling for justice in the police killing of George Floyd. The axe served as a handle and was duct-taped to the sign, which read, “Boomers asked 4 justice, millennials demand...

A New York City protester identifying himself as “Ace Burns” was taken into custody Saturday after he said during a live interview on Fox News that he planned to set fire to Manhattan’s Diamond District. The man was stopped for an on-camera interview outside the Barclays Center Saturday as demonstrations kicked off over the police...

Protester questioned after threatening to burn down NYC Diamond District
A New York City protester identifying himself as “Ace Burns” was taken into custody Saturday after he said during a live interview on Fox News that he planned to set fire to Manhattan’s Diamond District. The man was stopped for an on-camera interview outside the Barclays Center Saturday as demonstrations kicked off over the police...

Mukhtar Ibrahim didn't imagine the communities he covers would be at the epicenter of protests sweeping the nation when he founded a startup news website in Minnesota last year. Now Ibrahim and his staff at the Sahan Journal are on the front lines.

This Minnesota journalist says there's something important the media is missing about protests
Mukhtar Ibrahim didn't imagine the communities he covers would be at the epicenter of protests sweeping the nation when he founded a startup news website in Minnesota last year. Now Ibrahim and his staff at the Sahan Journal are on the front lines.

Deputy Killed, 2 Other Officers Shot in California Ambush
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy was killed and two other law enforcement officers were wounded when they were shot Saturday while making an arrest, authorities said.

Coronavirus did not spread first from a nail salon. Now when can shops reopen?
Activists learned the first case of community spread of the coronavirus did not come from a nail salon. Owners are now ramping up pressure to reopen.

FORT WORTH, Texas — IndyCar packed every bit of its delayed season-opening event into one long, hot day in Texas without any fans in the stands. Scott Dixon was the fastest for most of it at a place he knows well. Dixon, a five-time IndyCar champion, took the checkered flag at dusk Saturday for his...

Scott Dixon wins again at Texas in IndyCar’s delayed season opener
FORT WORTH, Texas — IndyCar packed every bit of its delayed season-opening event into one long, hot day in Texas without any fans in the stands. Scott Dixon was the fastest for most of it at a place he knows well. Dixon, a five-time IndyCar champion, took the checkered flag at dusk Saturday for his...

Protests following the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded that he couldn't breathe while he was held down with a knee by a former Minneapolis police officer, continue. Follow here for the latest updates.

June 6 George Floyd protest news
Protests following the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded that he couldn't breathe while he was held down with a knee by a former Minneapolis police officer, continue. Follow here for the latest updates.

WATCH: Thousands Join Philadelphia Protest Organized by Socialist Group
Thousands of George Floyd protesters filled the streets near City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday during an event led by socialists.

The commander of the National Guard in Washington D.C. has said additional troops brought to the district could leave as soon as Monday, according to a report. Nearly 4,000 extra National Guards troops brought in from 11 other states to help D.C.’s 1,200 soldiers so they could return home, National Guard commander Maj. Gen. William...

Nearly 4K National Guard troops brought to D.C. could leave Monday, commander says
The commander of the National Guard in Washington D.C. has said additional troops brought to the district could leave as soon as Monday, according to a report. Nearly 4,000 extra National Guards troops brought in from 11 other states to help D.C.’s 1,200 soldiers so they could return home, National Guard commander Maj. Gen. William...

There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means
There's a growing group of dissenters who believe Americans can survive without law enforcement as we know it. And Americans, those dissenters believe, may even be better off without it.

We may not have seen the last of the Knicks, or the other seven teams not included in the 22-team NBA restart in Orlando. As the league’s contenders and pretenders will be at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in mid-July for training camp followed by the resumption of the postponed season on July 31,...

NBA teams left out of Orlando looking to stay active amid hiatus
We may not have seen the last of the Knicks, or the other seven teams not included in the 22-team NBA restart in Orlando. As the league’s contenders and pretenders will be at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in mid-July for training camp followed by the resumption of the postponed season on July 31,...

While protests on Saturday were mostly peaceful, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was met with a chorus of boos after telling a group of demonstrators he did not support abolishing the city police department.

Minneapolis mayor booed by protesters after refusing to defund and abolish police
While protests on Saturday were mostly peaceful, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was met with a chorus of boos after telling a group of demonstrators he did not support abolishing the city police department.

A Republican who's challenging U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in November decried the far-left incumbent's “silence” on a recent spate of deadly gun violence in Chicago amid the media focus on the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Ilhan Omar’s GOP challenger decries ‘silence’ on Chicago gun violence
A Republican who's challenging U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in November decried the far-left incumbent's “silence” on a recent spate of deadly gun violence in Chicago amid the media focus on the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Saturday on Fox News Channel's "Justice," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) reacted to former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's admission there was no sign of Russia collusion with the 2016 Trump presidential campaign during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier in the week.

Jim Jordan: Rosenstein 'Just Caved to the Swamp' with 2017 Special Counsel Mueller Appointment
Saturday on Fox News Channel's "Justice," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) reacted to former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's admission there was no sign of Russia collusion with the 2016 Trump presidential campaign during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier in the week.

Marine Corps to remove displays of Confederate battle flag
The flags are being removed "in order to support our core values, ensure unit cohesion and security and preserve good order and discipline," the directive explains.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a "terrible" record on issues important to African-Americans -- and his attendance at a memorial service for George Floyd continues his history of pandering, Lara Trump said Saturday.

Lara Trump rips Biden on Floyd 'pandering': Ex-VP has done 'nothing' for African-Americans
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a "terrible" record on issues important to African-Americans -- and his attendance at a memorial service for George Floyd continues his history of pandering, Lara Trump said Saturday.

The US Marine Corps has finally banned the Confederate flag from public and workspaces at its military bases — 155 years after the Confederate States of America surrendered to Union forces. “The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our...

Marines ban Confederate flag — 155 years after end of Civil War
The US Marine Corps has finally banned the Confederate flag from public and workspaces at its military bases — 155 years after the Confederate States of America surrendered to Union forces. “The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our...

The NYPD released startling footage showing the moment an officer was stabbed in the neck by an assailant in Flatbush on Wednesday. Suspect Dzenan Camovic — who remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds from responding officers — can allegedly be seen walking up Church Avenue before suddenly turning onto Flatbush Avenue and stabbing his victim shortly...

NYPD releases footage of cop being stabbed during unprovoked Brooklyn attack
The NYPD released startling footage showing the moment an officer was stabbed in the neck by an assailant in Flatbush on Wednesday. Suspect Dzenan Camovic — who remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds from responding officers — can allegedly be seen walking up Church Avenue before suddenly turning onto Flatbush Avenue and stabbing his victim shortly...

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made waves on Saturday after publicly defending the concept of biological sex -- a scientific truth largely rejected by the left -- explaining to her 14.5 million Twitter followers that it "isn’t hate to speak the truth."

J.K. Rowling Rips Concept Biological Sex Is a Social Construct: ‘It Isn’t Hate to Speak the Truth’
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made waves on Saturday after publicly defending the concept of biological sex -- a scientific truth largely rejected by the left -- explaining to her 14.5 million Twitter followers that it "isn’t hate to speak the truth."

There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means
Instead of funding a police department, a sizable chunk of a city's budget is invested in communities, especially marginalized ones where much of the policing occurs.

Photos: A Look At The Massive D.C. Protests Over Police Brutality
Demonstrators staged protests for a second straight weekend in the nation's capital. Thousands converged at landmarks across the city in the biggest crowds so far.

Former President George W. Bush and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, are reportedly not expected to support the reelection of President Trump -- two high profile GOP figures who are believed to be avoiding backing the Republican president in November.

Bush, Romney not expected to support Trump, NYT reports
Former President George W. Bush and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, are reportedly not expected to support the reelection of President Trump -- two high profile GOP figures who are believed to be avoiding backing the Republican president in November.

Some NYC looters make off with luxury items from Dior, Chanel, more: report
The NYPD revealed that it arrested hundreds of alleged looters over the past week, some of them nabbing high-end luxury items worth thousands of dollars.